Overshadowed
(επεσκιασεν). They were up in cloud-land that swept round and over them. See this verb used of Mary (Luke 1:35) and of Peter's shadow (Acts 5:15).This is
(ουτος εστιν). At the baptism (Matthew 3:17) these words were addressed to Jesus. Here the voice out of the bright cloud speaks to them about Jesus.Hear ye him
(ακουετε αυτου). Even when he speaks about his death. A sharp rebuke to Peter for his consolation to Jesus about his death.
Verse Matthew 17:5. _A BRIGHT CLOUD OVERSHADOWED THEM_] Or as six MSS. and _Ephraim_ read it, _a cloud of light_, νεφεληφωτος; which reading GRIESBACH has admitted into the text. As a _bright_ cloud,...
A BRIGHT CLOUD OVERSHADOWED THEM - The word “overshadow” here means, rather, to “be diffused” or “spread” over them. It does not mean that it made a shade. A cloud was the symbol of the divine presenc...
5. THE COMING GLORY; the Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. The Tribute Money. CHAPTER 17 1. The Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:1 .) 2. The Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. (M...
THE TRANSFIGURATION, AND THE COMING OF ELIJAH (Mark 9:2 *, Luke 9:28). The narrative agrees closely with Mk., the chief difference being the appropriate addition of Matthew 17:7. The fear of the disci...
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
Six days after, Jesus took Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brought them by themselves to a high mountain, and his appearance was changed in their presence. His face shone like the sun, and...
SPAKE. was speaking. A BRIGHT CLOUD. Was this the _Shekhinah,_ the symbol of Jehovah's glory? OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. The Divine _formula_ of consecration of Messiah as priest;...
THE TRANSFIGURATION Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36....
ἈΚΟΎΕΤΕ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ for αὐτοῦ� on the authority of אBD. 5. ΟὟΤΌΣ ἘΣΤΙΝ Ὁ ΥἹῸΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. Words that recall the baptism of Jesus; ch. Matthew 3:17, where see note. For the tense of εὐδόκησα, cp. παρεδόθη, ch....
Ver 5. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." 6. And when the...
_JESUS IN HIS GLORY, TRANSFIGURED MATTHEW 17:1-13:_ It was probably on Mount Hermon that the transfiguration took place. Jesus had gone up on this mountain to pray. Luke describes it this way, "Now it...
ΛΑΛΟΎΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить. _Gen. abs._ выражает одновременность действия: "пока он говорил" ΝΕΦΈΛΗ (G705) облако. Облако символизирует присутствие Бога (Leifeld, ND, 178...
Section 42 TRANSFIGURED ON HIGH MOUNTAIN JESUS SHOWS HIS GLORY TO PETER, JAMES AND JOHN (Parallels: Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36) TEXT: 17:1-13 1 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and Jam...
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 9:28. The time of this section is su...
28 See 2Pe_1:16-18. 28 This prediction was fulfilled about a week later when He took His most intimate disciples with Him and they saw His power and presence and were spectators of His magnificence (2...
17:5 overshadowed (b-10) The cloud covered, without darkening them; it was bright -- the excellent glory. 2 Peter 1:17 . The word is used in the LXX for the cloud which took possession of the taberna...
A BRIGHT CLOUD] i.e. the visible glory which, according to Jewish ideas, manifested the divine presence. It is the same as the pillar of cloud and fire in the wilderness, the cloud that filled Solomon...
THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-8. The Transfiguration (Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28). St. Leo rightly apprehended the historical situation when he said that in the Transfiguration the principal object aimed at was tha...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 JESUS CHANGED HIS APPEARANCE 17:1-13 V1 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and John (who was James’s brother) with him. He le...
A BRIGHT CLOUD OVERSHADOWED THEM — _i.e._, our Lord, Moses, and Elias. To the disciples this would, we cannot doubt, recall the “cloudy pillar” which had descended on the first tabernacle (Exodus 33:9...
Chapter 13 The New Departure (Founding of the Church.) - Matthew 16:13; Matthew 17:1 THIS conversation at Caesarea Philippi is universally regarded as marking a new era in the life of Christ. His rej...
νεφέλη φωτεινὴ, a luminous cloud, still a cloud capable of casting a shadow, though a faint one (“non admodum atram,” Fritzsche). Some, thinking a shadow incompatible with the light, render ἐπεσκίασεν...
_The Transfiguration_ (Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36)....
JESUS SHOWS DIVINE GLORY Matthew 17:1-8 _Moses'_ face shone after having absorbed the divine glory, as some diamonds burn with sunlight after being carried into a dark room. _Stephen's face_ shone be...
"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as speci...
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is (c) my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. (c) The word "my" di...
CHAPTER 37 TRANSFIGURATION Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36. Mark: “And after six days, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain, privately,...
"While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." This is a most blessed...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
5._Lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them. _Their eyes were covered by _a cloud_, in order to inform them, that they were not yet prepared for beholding the brightness of the heavenly glory. For, when t...
Jesus leads them up into a high mountain, and there is transfigured before them: "His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." Moses and Elias appeared also, talking with Hi...
WHILE HE YET SPAKE,.... That is, while Peter was proposing the above to Christ, before an answer could be given by him, and which was unworthy of one, another scene of things presents, and a full answ...
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Ver. 5. _While he yet sp...
Mat. 17:5. "While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him." This cloud w...
_While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them_ Such, probably, as took possession first of the tabernacle, and afterward of Solomon's temple, when those holy places were consecrated. S...
A VOICE; the voice of God the Father, as in chap. Matthew 3:17, with the addition, "Hear ye him," attend to his instructions, and follow them. The delight of all parents in all children, from the foun...
The witness of the Father: WHILE HE YET SPAKE, BEHOLD, A BRIGHT CLOUD OVERSHADOWED THEM; AND, BEHOLD, A VOICE OUT OF THE CLOUD, WHICH SAID, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED; HEAR YE H...
Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, an...
1-13 Now the disciples beheld somewhat of Christ's glory, as of the only begotten of the Father. It was intended to support their faith, when they would have to witness his crucifixion; and would giv...
Mark and Luke relate the same without any considerable variation, only Luke saith, _they feared as they entered into the cloud._ It seemeth that the cloud did encompass them, so as they seemed all as...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I So that from this it is clear, that one alone, true, good, just, in the image and likeness of the Father, His Son Jesus, the Word of God, is our Instructor...
Matthew 17:5 he G846 still G2089 speaking G2980 (G5723) behold G2400 (G5628) bright G5460 cloud G3507 overshadowed...
‘While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed (or ‘enveloped') them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear you him.”...
Matthew 17:5. BEHOLD, A BRIGHT CLOUD. ‘A sign from heaven ‘granted to the Apostles, though refused to the Jewish leaders. A luminous cloud, not dark like that on Sinai. It was analogous to the pillar...
After our Lord's prediction of His sufferings and hint of His glory (chap. Matthew 16:21-28), three chosen disciples receive a supernatural testimony and pledge of that glory. But the primary purpose...
Matthew 17:1. _And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun...
Matthew 17:1. _And after six days_ Luke says, «about an eight days after these sayings;» but I suppose he counted the day before and the day after. «After six days,» and the first day was, probably,...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The powerless disciples, unable to heal a lunatic, and the mighty Christ. Resurrection again foretold. Miracle of the tribute money. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Matthew 17:2. _He was transfigured before them._ Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confessed t...
A SHINING CLOUD CAME OVER THEM. This cloud would be immediately accepted by the disciples as showing God's presence. In the Old Testament era, a shining cloud signaled the presence of the Lord. THIS I...
_And was transfigured before them._ THE MOUNT OF VISION I. Take what is taught in the passage as to Christ’s humanity and its aspects. Among all the aspects in which the Saviour is presented to us,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 17:5 BRIGHT CLOUD. Similar to the cloud of God’s presence and glory that appeared at various times in the OT (e.g., Exodus 13:21;...
JESUS IS TRANSFIGURED ON THE MOUNTAIN MATTHEW 17:1-13; MARK 9:2-13; LUKE 9:28-36; MATTHEW 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, Jame
CHAPTER 17 _And after six days_, &c. There seems to be here a discrepancy with Luke 9:28, who says, _it came to pass about an eight days after these things._ S. Jerome answers, "The solution is simple...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:1. AFTER SIX DAYS.—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a day is c...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 17:1 _The Transfiguration of Jesus_._ _(Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28.) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who were to h
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Matthew chapter seventeen. The seventeenth chapter of Matthew actually begins with the twenty-eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter. It's unfortunate that the men who d...
1 Kings 8:10; 2 Peter 1:16; 2 Peter 1:17; Acts 1:9; Acts 3:22;...
Hear ye him — As superior even to Moses and the prophets. See Deuteronomy 18:17....
Observe here, 1. cloud was put before the disciples' eyes, for two reasons. 1. To allay the lustre and resplendency of that glory which they were swallowed up with. As we cannot look upon the sun in...